# Zinc (band)

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This article is about the Australian 3-piece band. For the British 4-piece band, see [The Zincs](/source/The_Zincs). For other, see [Zinc (disambiguation)](/source/Zinc_(disambiguation)).

**Zinc** were an Australian three piece [pop rock](/source/Pop_rock) band, composed of three singer-songwriters: Adam Ray and the O'Shea brothers: John and Mark they formed in 2002. In 2004 the group supported a national tour by [Shannon Noll](/source/Shannon_Noll). Their debut single, "The Morning After", was released on [WEA Records](/source/Warner_Music_Group) and reached No. 22 on the [ARIA Singles Chart](/source/ARIA_Charts) in July 2004. Their debut album, *Making Sense of Madness*, recorded with [Charles Fisher](/source/Charles_Fisher_(producer)), was released on 6 June 2005. In mid-2005 they supported United States pop group, [Hanson](/source/Hanson_(band)), on the Australian leg of their Live and Electric Tour. By 2007 the trio had disbanded.

## History

Mark Patrick O'Shea (born c. 1978, [Dalby, Queensland](/source/Dalby,_Queensland)) was a solo singer-songwriter and guitarist in Sydney when he worked with fellow singer-songwriter and keyboardist, Adam Matthew Ray (originally from [Frankston, Victoria](/source/Frankston,_Victoria)), and the pair started to write and perform together.[1][2] In 2002 John Barry O'Shea moved from Dalby to join his brother on co-lead vocals, keyboards and guitar and the trio formed a rock pop group, Zinc.[3][1] In 1996 Mark had released a solo country rock album, *None of the Above*. From early 2003 Zinc based themselves in Los Angeles for 18 months and worked with [Mark Hudson](/source/Mark_Hudson_(musician)), an American producer, and provided backing vocals for an album by [Ringo Starr](/source/Ringo_Starr) and one by [Steven Tyler](/source/Steven_Tyler).[2][4]

Their debut single, "The Morning After", was released on [WEA Records](/source/Warner_Music_Group) and reached No. 22 on the [ARIA Singles Chart](/source/ARIA_Charts) in July 2004.[5][6][7] Mark described the track, "[its] about mistakes, regret and inevitability. I woke up one day and remembered all the stupid things that I had said and done the night before. I was in the midst of mouthing the words, 'I will never drink again' when a tiny voice, buried deep, deep, down, behind the jack-hammer in my head, called me a liar. I knew that I would end up drinking again and most probably make very similar, if not in fact the same, mistakes again".[2] It was followed by "Help Me Help Myself" which reached the top 100 in December, peaking at No. 65.[8]

In May 2005 Zinc released their debut album, *Making Sense of Madness*, which was recorded with [Charles Fisher](/source/Charles_Fisher_(producer)) producing.[9][10] According to Ray, "I think we actually surprise people when we sing ... Generally – even with harmony bands – there is (one) lead singer, But with our band it literally is John one song, Mark the next and me the next; there’s three lead singers. And all three really hold their own".[1] Together with the album they issued their third single, "Inside", which peaked at No. 65 in June.[8] In June and July they supported US pop group, [Hanson](/source/Hanson_(band)), on the Australian leg of their Live and Electric Tour.[11] Steve Jones of *dBMagazine* observed their performance, and described it as "a loose, but nonetheless well-received set. Other than being very talented songwriters that know how to piece together a catchy tune; brothers Mark (acoustic guitar) and John (guitar/keyboards) O'Shea, and their mate Adam Ray (tambourine) also had good looks and all the right moves on their side as they alternated vocal duties".[11] By 2007 the group had disbanded.

## Afterwards

In 2007 Mark O'Shea formed a duo, [O'Shea](/source/O'Shea_(band)), with his wife, Jay, and the following year they issued their debut album, *Mr and Mrs*.

## Discography

### Albums

List of studio albums Title Album details Making Sense of Madness Released: May 2005 Label: Waterfront Formats: CD, digital download

### Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album AUS [5][8] "The Morning After" 2004 22 Making Sense of Madness "Help Me Help Myself" 65 "Inside" 2005 65

### As featured artist

List of singles with selected Australian chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions AUS [12] "Twelve Days of Christmas"[13] (with Dreamtime Christmas All-Stars) 2004 26

## References

1. ["Artists :: Zinc"](http://www.amo.org.au/artistf57d.html). [Australian Music Online](/source/Australian_Music_Online) ([National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia)). [Archived](https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20051121130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/44131/20051122-0000/www.amo.org.au/artistf57d.html) 21 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 August 2012.

1. ["Interviews :: Zinc Talk to AMO about Their Debut Single..."](http://www.amo.org.au/qa_interview756e.html?id=437). Australian Music Online (National Library of Australia). 14 June 2004. [Archived](https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20051121130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/44131/20051122-0000/www.amo.org.au/qa_interview756e.html?id=437) 21 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

1. Anthony, Gail (6 July 2004), "Painting musical pictures", *[The West Australian](/source/The_West_Australian)*

1. Tim, Cashmere. ["Zinc Interview"](http://www.undercover.com.au/idol/zinc2004.html). *Undercover News*. Undercover Media ([Paul Cashmere](/source/Paul_Cashmere), Ros O'Gorman). [Archived](https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20041117130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/11299/20041118-0000/www.undercover.com.au/idol/zinc2004.html) 17 November 2004 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

1. ["Zinc \[AU\] – 'The Morning After'"](http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Zinc+%5bAU%5d&titel=The+Morning+After&cat=s). Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 August 2012.

1. Jones, Jennie (30 September 2004), "Zinc invades the airwaves – Band bids to break into pop music mainstream", *[Daily Telegraph](/source/Daily_Telegraph)*

1. Fraser, Jill (8 October 2004), "Think Zinc for rock with pop", *[Townsville Bulletin](/source/Townsville_Bulletin)*

1. Peaks below the top 50 in Australia: * "Help Me Help Myself": Wallace, Ian (13 December 2004). ["ARIA Top 100 Singles – Week Commencing 13th December 2004"](https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20041219130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20041220-0000/issue772.pdf). *The ARIA Report*. **4** (772): 4. [Australian Recording Industry Association](/source/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association) (ARIA). Archived from [the original](http://www.aria.com.au/issue772.pdf) on 2004-12-19. Retrieved 22 August 2012. Note: A free, open-source original online document for this reference does not exist. In this case, the original is from [Pandora Archive](/source/Pandora_Archive) and was preserved there on 20 December 2004. * "Inside": Wallace, Ian (16 June 2005). ["ARIA Top 100 Singles – Week Commencing 6th June 2005"](https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050619140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050620-0000/issue797.pdf). *The ARIA Report*. '***(797). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from [the original](http://www.aria.com.au/issue797.pdf) on 2005-06-19. Retrieved 22 August 2012.******Note: A free, open-source original online document for this reference does not exist. In this case, the original is from Pandora Archive and was preserved there on 20 June 2005.***

1. "Zinc's chemistry set", *MX (Australia)*, 10 June 2004

1. "Pop/rock", *[The Advertiser](/source/The_Advertiser_(Adelaide))*, 2 June 2005

1. Jones, Steve (15–28 June 2005). ["Hanson + Zinc: Thebarton Theatre, Sat 4 June"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091004193933/http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/360/mr-Hanson.shtml). *dBMagazine*. Mercedes Eyers-White. Archived from [the original](http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/360/mr-Hanson.shtml) on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

1. ["DREAMTIME CHRISTMAS ALL-STARS - TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (SONG)"](https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Dreamtime+Christmas+All%2DStars&titel=Twelve+Days+Of+Christmas&cat=s). *australian-charts*. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

1. ["Dreamtime Christmas All-Stars – Twelve Days of Christmas"](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8255546?selectedversion=NBD26459424). [National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia). Retrieved 10 March 2015.

## External links

- [Zinc the band](https://web.archive.org/web/20060216060423/http://www.zinctheband.com/index2.htm) archived copy of Official website. Archived from [the original](https://web.archive.org/web/20060216060423/http://www.zinctheband.com/index2.htm) on 16 February 2006.

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